Footloose and Fancy Free August 17, 2016 7 pm at the DCR’s Hatch Shell Boston Landmarks Orchestra VIOLIN I OBOE Gregory Vitale, concertmaster Andrew Price, principal Christine Vitale Lynda Jacquin Pattison Story ENGLISH HORN Gerald Mordis Lynda Jacquin Tera Gorsett Melissa Howe CLARINET Natalie Favaloro Steven Jackson, principal Lisa Brooke Margo McGowan VIOLIN II E-FLAT CLARINET Paula Oakes, principal Steven Jackson Colin Davis BASS CLARINET Maynard Goldman Margo McGowan Robert Curtis BASSOON Stacey Alden Heidi Braun-Hill Donald Bravo, principal Gregory Newton VIOLA HORN Kenneth Stalberg, principal Abigail Cross Kevin Owen, principal Donna Jerome Jane Sebring Jean Haig Whitacre Hill Nancy Hudgins Don Krishnaswami Noriko Futagami TRUMPET CELLO Dana Oakes, principal Jesse Levine Aron Zelkowicz, principal Mary Lynne Bohn Melanie Dyball Jolene Kessler TROMBONE Michael Curry Robert Couture, principal Steven Laven Alexei Doohovskoy BASS Donald Robinson Robert Lynam, principal TUBA Barry Boettger Donald Rankin, principal Kevin Green HARP John Shiu Ina Zdorovetchi, principal FLUTE PIANO Lisa Hennessy, principal Leslie Amper Theresa Patton TIMPANI PICCOLO Jeffrey Fischer, principal Lisa Hennessy Theresa Patton PERCUSSION Robert Schulz, principal Craig McNutt Abraham Finch Maynard Goldman, Personnel Manager Kristo Kondakci, Assistant Conductor Footloose and Fancy Free Boston Landmarks Orchestra Christopher Wilkins, Music Director Yo-El Cassell, choreographer Ryan Edwards, percussion Brian Mirage, dancer Camp Harbor View Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston, Yawkey Club of Roxbury One City Youth Movement BAJUCOL Sayat Nova Dance Company (Apo Ashjian, director) 360° On Your Toes: “Slaughter on Tenth Avenue” Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) Greek Dances (Ellenike chori) Nikos Skalkottas Kritikos (1904–1949) Kleftikos Epirotikos Urban Sprawl (New England premiere) Clint Needham (b. 1981) Choreography: Yo-El Cassell, in collaboration with the dancers Title: Picture Play (dedicated to all those who revel in the act of creating) “The modern artist… is working and expressing an inner world—in other words, expressing the energy, the motion, and other inner forces.” (Jackson Pollack) Jacob Rosenbaum, rehearsal director Brooke Stanton, costumes Performers: Zayda Adams*, Breanna Eccleston*, Kinsaed James*, Tyqueo James*, Sydny Scott*, Iris Ventimiglia* *Founding Member of One City Youth Movement. Mabinte (world premiere) Ryan Edwards & Patrick Greene a celebration for orchestra, percussion ensemble, and dancers (b. 1979 & 1985) INTERMISSION Hermana Frontera (Sister Border) (world premiere) Gonzalo Grau (b. 1972) Armenian Dances (world premiere) Kareem Roustom Festive Armenia (by Khachatur Avetisyan) & Vasbouragan (b. 1971) Fancy Free (complete ballet with original choreography) Leonard Bernstein Very Fast (1918–1990) A Little Slower Fast and Hot Very slowly Opening Tempo Three Dance Variations: Galop (“Before”), Waltz (“The Discovery”), Danzón (“The Exploration”) Finale Choreography to the Three Dance Variations & Finale by Yo-El Cassell, in collaboration with the artists Title: The Me I Didn’t Know (dedicated to Keaton James Cassell) “When I discover who I am, I’ll be free.” (Ralph Ellison) Jacob Rosenbaum, rehearsal director Brooke Stanton, costumes Performers: Avery Bargar*, Erik Brown*, Jesse Garlick*, Kinsaed James, Adam Lokken Barrameda*, Juan Rodriquez*, Jacob Rosenbaum* Special thanks to Across the Ages Dance, Eliza Mallouk and Marcie Mitler for support as well as the St. Mary of the Assumption Elementary School, Harvard University, and Dance Complex for rehearsal space. *Founding member of 360°, a newly formed physical theater movement ensemble whose mission is to highlight the expressive channel of predominately male actors with strong movement, theater and musical backgrounds. Special thanks to Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd. and the Leonard Bernstein Office, Inc. Special thanks to Professors Dennis H. Miller and Daniel S. Godfrey of the Department of Music at Northeastern University, for allowing us to borrow the department's collection of Ghanaian drums. Thanks also to Crocodile River Music (www.crocodilerivermusic.com), The Musary (www.themusary.org) and Lillian Sober Ain for lending us many of the drums use this evening. Sayat Nova Dance Company: Apo Ashjian, Alina Ashjian, Araz Ashjian, Garineh Ashjian, Hagop Ashjian, Sarine Ashjian, Vrej Ashjian, Anais Astarjian, Lena Astarjian, Kevork Atinizian, Garen Avetissyan, Adelaida Balagyozyan, Arlin Cimen, Michael Demirchian, Christine Hovsepian, Saro Karaguesian, Niari Keverian, Alec Kotikian, Tina Kotikian, Peter Lorensian, Vartan Mardirosian, Edward Megerdichian, Sevag Palanjian, Talar Palanjian, Amalia Petrosyan, Naneh Petrosyan, Taline Sarian, Ani Semerdjian, Colette Shahverdian, Rebecca Shahverdian, Ani Yaghmourian The BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA performs free outdoor concerts in the City of Boston throughout the summer, delighting thousands on a weekly basis. The Orchestra—made up of some of Boston’s most accomplished professional musicians—uses great symphonic music as a means of gathering together people of all backgrounds and ages in joyful collaboration. The Orchestra regularly collaborates with a range of cultural and social service organizations to ensure participation across ethnic, economic, and cultural divides. BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS The Boston Landmarks Orchestra is committed to removing barriers to access for people with disabilities. It offers braille and large-print programs,assisted listening devices, and ambassadors to greet and assist people at a handicap drop-off point. The Orchestra works with American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters as performers at select concerts. In 2014, in recognition of its efforts to embrace inclusiveness as core to its mission, the Orchestra was named an “UP organization” by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. CHRISTOPHER WILKINS was appointed Music Director of the Boston Landmarks Orchestra in the spring of 2011. Since then he has reaffirmed founder Charles Ansbacher’s vision of making great music accessible to the whole community, emphasizing inclusive programming and collaborative work. Mr. Wilkins also serves as Music Director of the Akron Symphony. As a guest conductor, he has appeared with many of the leading orchestras of the United States, including those of Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco. Previously he served as Music Director of the San Antonio Symphony and the Colorado Springs Symphony. He also served as Resident Conductor of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas, assisting in the formation of the orchestra in its inaugural season, and leading it on tours throughout the Americas. Born in Boston, Mr. Wilkins earned his bachelor's degree from Harvard College in 1978 and his master’s from the Yale School of Music in 1981. YO-EL CASSELL is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory and recipient of the Lotte Kaliski Award for Gifted Artists. Off Broadway, NYC: Moonlight Interior/ Film,TV: Shining Time Station (Debut Episode with Ringo Starr), What Alice Found, Cultivating Stillness, Anatomy of a Ballet (Anthony William’s Urban Nutcracker)/Commonwealth Shakespeare Company: Comedy of Errors, All’s Well That Ends Well, Othello, Corialanus, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Twelfth Night, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Love's Labour's Lost/ CSC with Boston Landmarks Orchestra: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Kiss Me Kate, Symphonic Shakespeare/ American Repertory Theatre: Lilly’s Revenge/ Lyric Stage Company of Boston: Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play, The Understudy/ New England Conservatory: Die Fledermaus/ Boston Opera Collaborative: Alcina, Little Night Music, Orpheus in the Underworld/ Nantucket Dreamland Theatre: The Sound of Music/ Shadowbox Theatre (Resident Choreographer)/ San Antonio Ballet/ Across the Ages Dance: The Me I Didn’t Know. Yo-El is the founder of 360°, a physical theater ensemble featuring male actors/ musicians with strong movement abilities and locally has taught at Boston Ballet, Skidmore College, Walnut Hill School for the Arts, The New England Conservatory and served as the Student Engagement Manager for ArtsEmerson. Yo-El also currently teaches for the Harvard University Dance Department, the CSC Apprentice Program and serves as a movement curator for Boston Landmarks Orchestra. Recently, Yo-El was appointed by Boston University to be the Head of Movement/ Assistant Professor for the College of Fine Arts School of Theatre. Yo-El extends a dedication to his wife, Melodie and son, Keaton. www.yo-el.net From a beginning in big band jazz, to an extensive study in West African music and dance, RYAN EDWARDS has been on the path to make people dance since he began in music. For 10 years he led annual adventure-travel missions to Guinea, West Africa. Currently producing interdisciplinary art and performance work, he continues to explore music, installations and design for dance as well as various site-specific works. He is the co-founder and drummer for Boston-based afrobeat band Federator N°1. Ryan is a New Music America Grant Recipient and travels extensively to perform and compose music for dance. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in performance from Berklee College of Music and a minor in Africana Studies. Ryan is most proud to be a father of two beautiful children, Jafiah and Maya. www.ryanedwards.info PATRICK GREENE has been hailed by The New York Times as a composer of “enticing” works, His music has been described as “shimmering” (New Music Box), “unearthly”